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▪ I. impugnable, a.1 rare.|ɪmˈpjuːnəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
Liable to be impugned.
1823New Monthly Mag. VIII. 262 If any chance to be impugnable on the score of principles. 1847Disraeli Tancred iv. viii, Her reason..though not easily impugnable was not as satisfactory to his understanding as to his ear.
▪ II. impugnable, a.2 ? Obs.|ɪmˈpʌgnəb(ə)l|
[f. im-2 + L. pugn-āre to fight + -able; cf. expugnable.]
That cannot be assailed or overcome.
1570Levins Manip. 3/27 Impugnable, impugnabilis. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. v. 217 To withstand so puissant and impugnable an enemy. Ibid. x. i. (1632) 1242 If the Tower were impugnable.
Hence impugnaˈbility. ? Obs.
1837G. S. Faber Prim. Doctr. Justif. iv. 167 So long as the canon of Tertullian shall flourish in its absolute impugnability. |